Bliss that is perfect

All visible life that is clothed in body vestureAll that crawl, walk, fly and have their beingAll, all that nature in propagative urge createdWill perish.

The elements mighty will die away one after another.What will remain is: the vast Empty Space,Unsupported, unrelieved Void,Theupasanta that is peace beyond understandingThe jnana of Veda-Vedanta,The mighty Light that leaves not.

Of them that receive itAre the souls blessed with Grace.Great indeed are they;Born they will never after be;Nor dead be;But in silentness steeped remain.

And this Thou came in compassion to tell me.Is this not a sign that I am ripe for it?Oh! Thou who filleth all visible spaceIn unbroken continuity!Thou, the Bliss that is Perfect Full....Thayumanavar